Two women had been discovered hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur at the moment.
Lucknow:
Two sisters had been discovered hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri this afternoon. Each women had been minors and belonged to a Dalit household. Their mom informed reporters that they had been kidnapped by males on bikes. The household alleged they had been raped and murdered. The our bodies are being despatched for postmortem and a big police pressure has been deployed within the space.
“The positioning is being inspected by senior officers of the district. On data, the Nighasan police reached the spot instantly and motion is being taken to ship the lifeless our bodies for autopsy examination as per guidelines. Authorized motion might be taken based mostly on the investigation of the case,” the native police stated in a Hindi assertion.
“The ladies had been discovered hanging by their very own dupattas. There have been no obvious accidents on physique,” stated Laxmi Singh, Inspector Common of Police, Lucknow Vary. The postmortem, he stated, might be performed by a panel of consultants. “We’ll file an FIR based mostly on regardless of the household tells us of their criticism,” he added.
That is the close to the world in UP the place farmers had been run over by an SUV allegedly pushed by Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister of State for Dwelling Ajay Kumar Mishra, in October final yr throughout a protest towards the Centre’s farm legal guidelines.
Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Occasion has criticised the Uttar Pradesh authorities and attacked Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over ladies’s security within the state.
“In Yogi authorities, goons are harassing moms and sisters every single day, very shameful. The federal government ought to get the matter investigated, the culprits ought to get the harshest punishment,” the Samajwadi Occasion tweeted.
Occasion chief Akhilesh Yadav tweeted pictures of a protest and alleged that the women had been kidnapped after which murdered. The gorls’ father, he wrote within the put up, has alleged that the postmortem was performed with out consent and in violation of process.
“After the kidnapping and homicide of two Dalit sisters within the Nighasan police station space, their father’s critical allegation towards the police that their autopsy was performed with out Panchnama and consent. After farmers in Lakhimpur, the killing of Dalits is now a heinous repetition of the ‘Hathras ki Beti’ bloodbath,” his tweet learn.
निघासन पुलिस थाना क्षेत्र में 2 दलित बहनों को अगवा करने के बाद उनकी हत्या और उसके बाद पुलिस पर पिता का ये आरोप बेहद गंभीर है कि बिना पंचनामा और सहमति के उनका पोस्टमार्टम किया गया।
लखीमपुर में किसानों के बाद अब दलितों की हत्या ‘हाथरस की बेटी’ हत्याकांड की जघन्य पुनरावृत्ति है। pic.twitter.com/gFmea4bAUc
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) September 14, 2022
A 19-year-old Dalit lady was raped allegedly by 4 upper-caste males in Hathras on September 14 final yr. She died on September 29 at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital.
Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra additionally attacked the state’s BJP authorities.
“The incident of homicide of two sisters in Lakhimpur (UP) is heart-wrenching. The kin say that these women had been kidnapped in broad daylight. Giving false ads in newspapers and TV every single day doesn’t enhance legislation and order. In spite of everything, why are heinous crimes towards ladies growing in UP?” learn a tough translation of her Hindi tweet.
The incident additionally introduced again stark reminders of the demise of two cousins in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun, whose our bodies had been discovered hanging from a tree in 2014. Based mostly on their post-mortem, the police stated they had been raped and hanged alive.
The deaths had sparked world outrage, re-igniting a debate in India on the security of its ladies.
